Funding search · EIN 210577480 · Princeton, NJ

Tenacre Foundation

Name: Tenacre Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

549
grants reported: $287.9M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $79,100
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

christian science facilities nursing camps based education schools

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Christian Science nursing, camps, and residential care facilities
Teacher-pipeline and school networks: Teach For All, KIPP, E3
Christian Science-based day schools and scholarship funds
Literacy and learning organizations: Springboard Collaborative, CommonLit
Trenton and Mercer County, NJ nonprofits
Disaster relief, peacebuilding, and criminal justice reform

Typical grant

Median grant is $79,100, with the middle half falling between $20,000 and $300,000. The seven- and eight-figure checks go almost entirely to a small set of Christian Science institutions (National Fund for Christian Science Nursing, Adventure Unlimited, Cedars Camps, The Campership Fund) and to national education networks (Teach For All, KIPP TEAM and Family, Springboard Collaborative). The $15,000 to $40,000 tier is where local NJ groups and small international education and peacebuilding outfits sit. Repeat giving is the norm: 549 grants went to only 296 recipients, and the largest grantees appear every year, often with multiple payments in a single year.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“GENERAL SUPPORT”
“CHRISTIAN SCIENCE NURSING FACILITIES”
“CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CAMPS”
“EDUCATION”
“LOCAL NEW JERSEY”
“PEACEBUILDING”

Positioning adjacent work

Connect to teacher pipeline and literacy themes: Teach For All, KIPP, Springboard, CommonLit are their education spine.
If you are in Mercer County, frame the work as LOCAL NEW JERSEY alongside Isles, HomeFront, Anchor House.
Ask $20,000 to $50,000 on a first approach unless you are a named national network.
Request general operating support, not project funds; that is how they label most large grants.

Worth knowing: Roughly half the dollars flow to Christian Science institutions, and those relationships are long-standing and closed to outsiders. The accessible half is education, concentrated in a handful of large national grantees plus a Trenton and Mercer County local portfolio, so a non-Christian Science applicant is effectively competing in a narrower pool than the $288 million total suggests.

11 grants matching “peacebuilding” · $819,200

$50,000
Fambul Tok International · 2024
Peacebuilding
$15,000
Seeds of Peace · Newark, NJ · 2024
Peacebuilding
$15,000
The Euphrates Institute · Pacific Grove, CA · 2024
Peacebuilding
$5,000
Women in Liberation and Leadership · 2024
Peacebuilding
$5,000
Ndabuchiseh · 2024
Peacebuilding
$1,500
Child Shield Initiative · 2024
Peacebuilding
$490,000
Fambul Tok International · 2021
Peacebuilding
$100,000
Seeds of Peace · New York City, NY · 2021
Peacebuilding
$71,700
Shalom Centre · 2021
Peacebuilding
$41,000
The Euphrates Institute · Pacific Grove, CA · 2021
Peacebuilding
$25,000
Emma'S Torch · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
Peacebuilding

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

National Fund for Christian Science Nursing5 grants · $52.2M
Teach for All4 grants · $28.6M
The Branch School4 grants · $13.1M
Cedars Camps6 grants · $12.3M
Sbp4 grants · $12.0M
Longyear Museum2 grants · $11.0M
The First Church of Christ Scientist2 grants · $10.3M
Adventure Unlimited6 grants · $9.9M
E3 Elevating Education Everywhere6 grants · $9.4M
Ymca - Chesapeake2 grants · $5.5M

Giving over time

$109.9M

2021

$95.7M

2022

$50.9M

2023

$31.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 549 grants.

$14.6M
National Fund for Christian Science Nursing · Overland Park, KS · 2022
General support
$13.4M
National Fund for Christian Science Nursing · Overland Park, KS · 2023
General support
$13.3M
National Fund for Christian Science Nursing · Overland Park, KS · 2021
General support
$10.0M
Longyear Museum · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2021
General support
$8.6M
Teach for All · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$7.0M
Teach for All · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$7.0M
National Fund for Christian Science Nursing · Overland Park, KS · 2024
Christian science philanthropic organizations
$6.6M
Teach for All · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$6.6M
The First Church of Christ Scientist · Boston, MA · 2021
The mother church
$6.5M
The Branch School · Houston, TX · 2022
Christian science-based schools
$6.3M
Teach for All · New York, NY · 2024
Education
$5.9M
The Branch School · Houston, TX · 2021
Christian science-based schools
$5.6M
Sbp · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General support
$4.9M
Cedars Camps · Lebanon, MO · 2022
Christian science camps
$4.8M
The Winifred Stuart Mankowski Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Christian science residencies
$4.5M
Sbp · New Orleans, LA · 2021
Disaster relief
$3.9M
National Fund for Christian Science Nursing · Overland Park, KS · 2024
Christian science philanthropic organizations
$3.8M
The First Church of Christ Scientist · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
$3.6M
E3 Elevating Education Everywhere · Knoxville, TN · 2022
General support
$3.4M
E3 Elevating Education Everywhere · Knoxville, TN · 2021
Christian science-based schools
$3.3M
Kipp Team and Family Schools · Newark, NJ · 2023
General support
$3.1M
Cedars Camps · Lebanon, MO · 2021
Christian science camps
$3.0M
Ymca - Chesapeake · Easton, MD · 2021
General support
$2.9M
Adventure Unlimited · Greenwood Village, CO · 2022
Christian science camps
$2.8M
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras · Boston, MA · 2021
General support
$2.7M
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
$2.5M
Commonlit · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$2.5M
Ymca - Chesapeake · Easton, MD · 2022
General support
$2.5M
Adventure Unlimited · Greenwood Village, CO · 2023
Christian science camps
$2.4M
Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General support
$2.4M
Adventure Unlimited · Greenwood Village, CO · 2021
Christian science camps
$2.4M
The Principle Foundation · Overland Park, KS · 2021
General support
$2.3M
Common Ground Committee · Sherman, CT · 2022
General support
$2.0M
Cedars Camps · Lebanon, MO · 2023
Christian science camps
$2.0M
Springboard Collaborative · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$2.0M
Kipp National · Pasadena, CA · 2022
General support
$2.0M
Platform for Social Impact · Carolina, NC · 2022
General support
$2.0M
Kipp National · Pasadena, CA · 2021
General support
$2.0M
Springboard Collaborative · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General support
$1.9M
Fern Lodge · Castro Valley, CA · 2021
Christian science nursing facilities
$1.9M
Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General support
$1.7M
Sbp · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General support
$1.5M
Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2021
Christian science nursing facilities
$1.5M
Commonlit · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
$1.4M
Adventure Unlimited · Greenwood Village, CO · 2024
Christian science camps
$1.4M
The Campership Fund · St Louis, MO · 2023
General support
$1.3M
Berkeley Hall School Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Christian science-based schools
$1.3M
Common Ground Committee · Wilton, CT · 2021
General support
$1.2M
Kipp Team and Family Schools · Newark, NJ · 2024
Education
$1.2M
Merit America · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$1.2M
Merit America · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
$1.2M
Arden Wood · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Christian science nursing facilities
$1.2M
Cambiar Education · Encino, CA · 2021
General support
$1.2M
E3 Elevating Education Everywhere · Knoxville, TN · 2023
General support
$1.1M
The Campership Fund · St Louis, MO · 2022
General support
$1.1M
Berkeley Hall School Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Christian science-based schools
$1.1M
African Leadership Foundation · New York City, NY · 2023
General support
$1.1M
Sunland Home Foundation · Encinitas, CA · 2021
Christian science nursing facilities
$1.1M
Camps Leelanau and Kohahna · Maple City, MI · 2022
Christian science camps
$1.1M
The Leaves · Richardson, TX · 2021
Christian science nursing facilities
$1.0M
The Campership Fund · St Louis, MO · 2021
General support
$1.0M
The Campership Fund · St Louis, MO · 2024
Christian science philanthropic organizations
$1.0M
Commonlit · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$1.0M
Friends of Paul Robeson Charter School · Trenton, NJ · 2023
General support
$1.0M
Longyear Museum · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2022
General support
$1.0M
The Jewel Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2022
Christian science residencies
$991,668
Cedars Camps · Lebanon, MO · 2024
Christian science camps
$940,000
Propel America · Boston, MA · 2021
General support
$938,664
The Principle Foundation Extended Services · Overland Park, KS · 2024
Christian science philanthropic organizations
$912,040
Berkeley Hall School Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Christian science-based schools
$908,372
Cedars Camps · Lebanon, MO · 2024
Christian science camps
$904,944
The Willows Foundation · Laguna Hills, CA · 2022
Christian science residencies
$878,443
High Ridge House · Riverdale, NY · 2021
Christian science nursing facilities
$877,000
Generation USA · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
$835,000
Le Verger · 2022
Christian science nursing facilities
$800,000
Redwood Community for Christian Scientists · Castro Valley, CA · 2022
Christian science nursing facilities
$755,248
Puerto Rico Education Foundation · San Juan, PR · 2021
General support
$750,000
Zearn · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$750,000
Zearn · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$733,334
Teton Science School · Jackson, WY · 2021
General support
$704,762
Wide Horizon · Wheat Ridge, CO · 2021
Christian science nursing facilities
$700,000
Fambul Tok International · 2022
General support
$700,000
Teach for Bangladesh · Reston, VA · 2021
General support
$682,500
African Leadership Foundation · New York City, NY · 2022
General support
$656,500
Adventure Unlimited · Greenwood Village, CO · 2024
Christian science camps
$650,000
Hope Rescue Mission · Reading, PA · 2022
General support
$632,500
E3 Elevating Education Everywhere · Knoxville, TN · 2024
Christian science-based schools
$625,000
Isles · Trenton, NJ · 2023
General support
$600,000
Bodenseeheim · 2021
Christian science residencies
$587,601
The Branch School · Houston, TX · 2023
Christian science-based schools
$575,496
First Church of Christ Scientist Concord · Concord, NH · 2022
General support
$558,480
Olive Glen Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2021
Christian science nursing facilities
$535,000
Trio New College Network · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
$526,000
The Leaves · Richardson, TX · 2022
Christian science nursing facilities
$525,834
First Church of Christ Scientist Concord · Concord, NH · 2021
General support
$516,536
The Principle Foundation Extended Services · Overland Park, KS · 2023
General support
$515,000
National Summer School Initiative · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
General support
$509,869
Rchp Affordable Housing Corporation · Highland Park, NJ · 2022
General support
$504,000
The Principle Foundation · Overland Park, KS · 2022
General support
$500,000
Common Ground Committee · Sherman, CT · 2023
General support

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